This Is For My Frogs

I hop atop a mountain shouting into the void
And by the lack of echoes guesstimate the folks I've annoyed
I'd say the truth is like a plague the way we choose to avoid it
But now a days that phrase lacks the oomph it used to enjoy shit
I can't believe how many people just dismiss the urgency
Purposely filter out the worsening emergency
They'd rather not look up for now than face the fear with certainty
Complacently waiting for saving grace to ease the third degree
Look it's not a mystery at least to me why people'd be
Pissed at me for listing these ways in which our history
Will judge the lack of action as democracy goes RIP
Did you fight for it or did you just agree to disagree?
Listen these are times in which our meddle will be tested
Will we settle for the level that's been set or will you best it?
Lest it rest upon the rest of those who only wish to just move on
Well that's a perfect recipe to never learn the lesson
The fact is these assholes really need to be repeatedly
Defeated till their egos get beaten back to decency
And I'm done pretending
Crank that shit up to 11
Wasn't raised on Rage Against the Machine to just accept the ending
Passivism is anathema to activism
And I doubt the mass derision for these facts is that they lack precision
Gilead's the destination on the path we drift in
I'm just willing to admit it now and I guess that's the difference
They see cash for grifting pass collection plates to pitch in
While the unwitting just keep on shitting where their food is sitting
Get sick of bitching while so many sit with rosy visions
Rather spite their face and go noseless than ever notice this shit
Like it or not, this might be our shot, are we gonna take it
Cause if we won't, brother I don't know if we're gonna make it
I'd rather risk rocking a boat while its afloat
Than hope the iceberg in the distance melts before we hit it shit no joke
With less than zero fucks to give I still keep my fist up for this
It might not be the game we'd like to play but hey we're stuck with it
Democracy's a bitch but certainly beats the alternatives
Before I ever give up on her there'll be ice in hell's furnaces

This is for my frogs soaking in this pot together
Let's be real about the reason for the heat and not just talk the weather

Honestly we're just not properly stopping these assholes attacking democracy
By plotting and scheming right out in the open they're openly making a mockery
Our system of justice is slipping in front of us while amass a cult following
The power to vote goes right up in smoke what more kinda proof do you gotta see